Door holder



1 May 1, 192s. A 1,667,771

F. CHIAPPARELLI DOOR HOLDER Filed Aug. 50. 1926 Inventor AttorneyPatented May 1, 19?..8.`

UNITED s'rit'iEs FRANK CHIAIPARELLI, F AROMAS, CALIFORNIA.

noon HOLDER.'

Application led August 30, 1926. Serial No. 132,499.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in holdersl for fretaining swinging doors in open position, the invention aiming toprovide a holder preferably for use in association with automobilegarage doors so as to permit the operator of a machine to drive the sameinto the garage without any danger of the-door swinging in the directionof the car, which frequently results in damage to fenders, the breakageof t windows, et cetera.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a holder that isextremely simple of construction, inexpensive of manufacture, and highlyefficient in operation. Other objects will become apparent as th natureof the invention will be understood, the same comprising the novel form,combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described,shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate correspondingparts in Vboth of the views:

Figure 1 is a detail longitudinal section of the holder, andl Figure 2is a` perspective thereof. Now having particular reference to thedrawing, wherein there is'disclosed the most preferred` embodiment ofthe invention with which I am at this time familiar, 5 represents acontainer preferably of rectangular configurationl as disclosed. Thiscontainer is open at its top side in actual practice, is tol be arrangedwithin a pit formed in the floor of the garage adjacent the wall thereoftoward which the garage door will swing when being moved to openposition.

After the container has been arranged within said pit, a cover plate Gisdisposed thereon1 which cover plate is of greater width and length thanthe container, as disclosed in both'the figures. Opposite ends of thecover plate the same are provided 4with openings 7 7 so that the platemay be secured to the floor surface by bolts, screws or other fasteningmeans 8-8.

, Said cover plate 6 is formed with yan opening that is of predeterminedwidth and ofa length equivalent to the length of the'container 5.Pivoted within the container at the top side and adjacent one end as at9 is y an elongated metallic plate 10, that is formed at the pivoted endthereof, and at its top side with an inclinedy latch head 11 upon whichthe lower edge of the door will engage for forcing the Aplate downwardlyagainst the vaction ofan expansible conical spring 12 bearing at one endupon the bottom wall` of the container 5, and at its upper end upon theunder side of the plate 10 adjacent the free end thereof. Thefree e'ndof the plate is formed with a transverse lug 13 that will engage beneathyan inwardly directed flange 14 upon the adjacent end of the containerfor limiting vthe upward swinging movement of the plate within thecontainer.

The free end of therplate 10 is formed with a vertical lfoot piece 15 sothat the plate can be lmanually forced downwardly against the action ofthe spring 12 for obviously permitting the door to be swungv 1n `areverse direction over the inclined head 11.

The detail operation of a device ofk this character will'be at onceapparent by reviewing thek foregoing specification in accompaniment withthe present drawing, and

.even though I have herein shown and described the device as consistingof certain structural elements it is nevertheless to bev understood thatsomechanges may be made therein without affecting the spirit and-scopeof the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters PatentA is :-A

In a. door holder of the character described, a container open at itstop side only, a lever pivoted at one end within the top side of thecasing and at one end thereof, a head formed upon the top surface of thelever adjacent the pivoted end thereof and inclining upwardly from saidpivoted end, means within the container for normally maintaining thelever in horizontal position within the open 'side of the container, avertical foot piece rising from the free end of the lever'being tallerthan `the head and having a lateral extension at its upper end extendingaway from the free end of *thev lever, said free'end of the leverbeingprovided with a stop projectionk and said container being provided witha stop'projection with which the first projection abuts when the leveris in a horizontal position. l

In testimony whereof I aix my signature FRANK CHIAPPARELLI.

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